GUINEA-BISSAU VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	1,852	20	191	+ 1,661
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,348	5	907	+ 441
Tuberculosis	3	1,133	3	1,387	- 254
Stroke	4	884	6	829	+ 55
Liver Disease	5	437	11	405	+ 32
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	427	2	1,390	- 962
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	416	4	913	- 497
Asthma	8	406	24	150	+ 256
Road Traffic Accidents	9	319	10	619	- 300
Kidney Disease	10	294	15	268	+ 26
Low Birth Weight	11	262	8	705	- 443
Lung Cancers	12	246	50	18	+ 227
Falls	13	228	33	71	+ 156
Diabetes Mellitus	14	201	14	313	- 113
Birth Trauma	15	183	7	790	- 607
Suicide	16	176	26	134	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	159	43	33	+ 126
Hypertension	18	143	21	177	- 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	139	34	69	+ 70
Cervical Cancer	20	135	23	154	- 19
Congenital Anomalies	21	134	12	373	- 240
Other Injuries	22	113	17	234	- 121
Drownings	23	103	30	89	+ 14
Oral Cancer	24	95	56	13	+ 82
Stomach Cancer	25	95	36	55	+ 39
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	80	38	50	+ 30
Breast Cancer	27	71	29	93	- 22
Maternal Conditions	28	67	13	333	- 266
Encephalitis	29	60	58	10	+ 50
Epilepsy	30	60	39	48	+ 11
Malnutrition	31	58	27	121	- 63
Lymphomas	32	53	45	28	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	33	52	46	27	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	34	50	1	1,445	- 1,395
Violence	35	48	22	173	- 125
Leukemia	36	46	61	6	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	37	40	48	19	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	38	34	49	19	+ 15
Poisonings	39	32	41	45	- 12
Pertussis	40	31	19	212	- 181
Pancreas Cancer	41	31	54	14	+ 17
Skin Cancers	42	27	52	17	+ 10
Meningitis	43	26	16	258	- 232
Bladder Cancer	44	22	51	17	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	45	18	18	221	- 204
Liver Cancer	46	18	28	116	- 99
Appendicitis	47	15	60	7	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	48	15	37	53	- 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	13	32	77	- 64
Fires	50	13	35	64	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	12	67	2	+ 10
Alcohol	52	11	57	12	- 1
Tetanus	53	9	40	48	- 39
Syphilis	54	9	31	85	- 76
Dengue	55	8	72	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	8	47	20	- 12
Drug Use	57	6	55	13	- 7
Prostate Cancer	58	6	42	41	- 35
Measles	59	4	25	147	- 143
Uterin Cancer	60	4	59	8	- 4
Other Neoplasms	61	3	65	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	62	3	79	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	64	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	2	63	3	- 1
War	65	2	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	66	2	- 1
Skin Disease	67	1	53	16	- 15
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	62	4	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	1	- 1
Malaria	72	0	9	684	- 684
Schistosomiasis	73	0	44	30	- 30
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Nepal

Guinea-Bissau

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.